Seagate Storage Expansion Card 512Gb NVME-SSD PCIE For Xbox S/X - £124.99 @ Amazon

Cheapest deal on this to be fair, so I’ll vote hot, but realistically the 1TB should be this price

Thought it was the 1TB and got excited. (edited)

Too small

southpaw_78614/03/2022 19:35

Which SSD do you use to do this? I currently use a 512GB m.2 to keep XSX …Which SSD do you use to do this? I currently use a 512GB m.2 to keep XSX games in storage, but would like to upgrade to 2TB. Would the MX500 be a good option?Read lessRead more

Really its personal preference i run an samsung evo 2tb but they are pricy buddy any ssd will work tho

Be full in 5 minutes

Absolute eye gouging rip off.

Brabus_Duddy14/03/2022 16:09

hahaha me too!!This you will only get like 320-380GB max on this card!

No you get full 500 i have one buddy

cyclonus1014/03/2022 16:49

I got the 1tb for £134 ffs

Nice (edited)

jg21314/03/2022 17:44

Can I store games on a normal external harddrive with Series S. I saw it …Can I store games on a normal external harddrive with Series S. I saw it mentioned that you could store games on normal external hard drive but you couldn't play Series S/X optimised games from an external drive. But you could transfer them from/to. Like how you can transfer PS5 games to external drive but they can only be played when you you transfer back to the internal drive. Saves on re-downloading games if that option is available.I also think I read something along the lines of Seagate have an deal with Microsoft for 2 years exclusively for the external hard drive, and once that's over which is soon apparently other manufacturers will be able to release alternatives. Anyone heard about that?Read lessRead more

Yes you can you just have to move games back and fourth when wanting to play series s/x games.. games that are still awaiting x/s upgrade can be played off a hdd.. i personally use a 2tb external ssd and just transfer back and fourth when needed

Denney_Masters14/03/2022 17:49

Checking on amazon price tracker and its been £125 since November? Where …Checking on amazon price tracker and its been £125 since November? Where is the deal?Read lessRead more

No it has'nt (edited)

Rip off but hot as best price for it.

Uridium15/03/2022 09:21

That's not right. Adding an M2 SSD to the PS5 does not replace the …That's not right. Adding an M2 SSD to the PS5 does not replace the original storage, it gives you additional storage as well as the original.Read lessRead more

I know that, if you put in an additional 1TB into the PlayStation now and in a couple of years you want to have extra storage you have to take out your 1TB and put in your 2tb which you then can’t use to run PS5 games. With Xbox you can hotswap the memory cards so you can essentially just add storage for games and swap them out or even take them to another console to play them.

Seanspeed15/03/2022 14:06

No, you're mistaken here. The PS5 expansion port is for an expansion …No, you're mistaken here. The PS5 expansion port is for an expansion drive, just like Xbox. The stock storage on the PS5 does not get replaced, as again, just like on Xbox, it's soldered to the motherboard. The only difference is that on PS5, you need to get inside the PS5 to install it, whereas on Xbox, you can just plug it in from the outside. And on PC, you have multiple slots for storage. Many motherboards even have multiple M2 slots for more than one NVMe drive specifically, along with all the SATA ports for HDD's and SSD's. So no, there is basically no world in which these horrifically overpriced Xbox expansion drives will work out cheaper in the long run than PS5/PC where you can get faster drives for quite a bit less money. Maybe if y'all stop buying these and thinking they're a 'good deal', they'd be forced to drop their prices on them and it'd at least be closer?Read lessRead more

2 main points, 1. PS5 has only one expansion port (internal is soldered to the board and cannot be removed) if you add for example 1TB of additional storage and want to eventually up that to 2TB you would have to replace your 1TB of extra storage for a new 2TB NVME module, with Xbox you can just buy another 1TB.
2. Xbox memory is not in fact soldered to the motherboard although it doesn’t currently seem possible to replace the internal memory.
You are right that some motherboards support multiple NVME drives but I would take a fairly accurate guess in saying that most people don’t have motherboards that support multiple NVME drives, you can get adapters but then you loose out on the speed advantage.
As an additional point the Xbox drives are the smallest form factor on NVME drives, take a look at Gen 4 NVME drives in the 2230 form factor add on the cost of an enclosure/heat sink then tell me these are horrifically overpriced. Expensive yes - overpriced - not really

Get a 1tb for ps5 and pc with faster speeds and cheaper lol

This is disappointing as @enog82 says it should be the 1tb for this price.

sorry voted hot then saw it was the small one - I woudl say the 1TB on a deal is better VFM and would suggest waiting on those

crazydealhunter14/03/2022 15:30

i’ve ordered corsair x8 1tb for series S. do u guys think it’s big dif …i’ve ordered corsair x8 1tb for series S. do u guys think it’s big difference in terms of speed?Read lessRead more

Only these Seagate ones work if you want to play games directly from them, unless the game is from an older generation.

This is one reason why I prefer the PS5's M.2 based expansion storage, for not much more I got a 1TB SSD w/ heatsink.

IMO if you're considering buying a Series S and immediately looking at something like this 512GB storage, the Series X should be considered instead, granted it's not a 1:1 comparison e.g. the Series X only adds 438GB and games may be larger, although I haven't had many problems with my Series X.

wildswan14/03/2022 14:48

Too small

That's what she said

Need the 2TB to go on discount somewhere

jg21314/03/2022 17:44

Can I store games on a normal external harddrive with Series S. I saw it …Can I store games on a normal external harddrive with Series S. I saw it mentioned that you could store games on normal external hard drive but you couldn't play Series S/X optimised games from an external drive. But you could transfer them from/to. Like how you can transfer PS5 games to external drive but they can only be played when you you transfer back to the internal drive. Saves on re-downloading games if that option is available.I also think I read something along the lines of Seagate have an deal with Microsoft for 2 years exclusively for the external hard drive, and once that's over which is soon apparently other manufacturers will be able to release alternatives. Anyone heard about that?Read lessRead more

I suspect even if Seagate doesn't extend exclusivity then there would still be validation with Microsoft tax so price will never get close to standard nvme.

They've started making third party expansion cards in China that you can put an m2 ssd into. Problem is, the price difference is hardly different from the official at the moment because you need a particular model of m2 drive. Still, one to look out for as the tech improves, or you see a deal on one of the compatible m2 drives...

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Slowly coming down in price which is good, but it would take the 1tb to be £100 for me to shell out. I'll just keep moving games about from usb external to internal until that point.

Brabus_Duddy14/03/2022 16:09

hahaha me too!!This you will only get like 320-380GB max on this card!

You'll get literally 500gb on this (a small amount will be reserved for moving files).
The console has the OS on it which is why we don't get the full 1TB.

matt_vans14/03/2022 23:30

You'll get literally 500gb on this (a small amount will be reserved for …You'll get literally 500gb on this (a small amount will be reserved for moving files).The console has the OS on it which is why we don't get the full 1TB.Read lessRead more

Ahh ok good point. Thanks buddy. Just wish get least 1TB for this price

I'm continually blown away by how much people upvote these AWFUL prices for these expansion drives. One person even said this is a 'bargain'! lol

This is just a plain despicably bad price.

And for all the 'well it's a 4.0 drive so it's actually a good deal' - no, I've gone over this a hundred times by now. It is not a 4.0-speed drive. It's only technically 4.0, but not for performance reasons. Real 4.0 drives can be up to like 3x as fast as this and basically the same price! I've seen 1TB 980 Pros go for only a bit more than this 512GB drive that's like 1/3rd the speed. It's absolutely dreadful.

But hey, keep buying them at such prices and thanking them for the 'great deal', and they'll keep y'all over the barrel. (edited)

northfield14/03/2022 23:25

Different approaches to memory, PS5/PC you install and if you want more …Different approaches to memory, PS5/PC you install and if you want more memory you take it out and install a replacement instead of your original then try to find something to do with your spare one. Xbox if you want more memory you buy and add a memory card and just hot swap them out as often as you need to, longer term the Xbox system of memory may not work out to be as expensive as they first apearRead lessRead more

No, you're mistaken here. The PS5 expansion port is for an expansion drive, just like Xbox. The stock storage on the PS5 does not get replaced, as again, just like on Xbox, it's soldered to the motherboard. The only difference is that on PS5, you need to get inside the PS5 to install it, whereas on Xbox, you can just plug it in from the outside.

And on PC, you have multiple slots for storage. Many motherboards even have multiple M2 slots for more than one NVMe drive specifically, along with all the SATA ports for HDD's and SSD's.

So no, there is basically no world in which these horrifically overpriced Xbox expansion drives will work out cheaper in the long run than PS5/PC where you can get faster drives for quite a bit less money. Maybe if y'all stop buying these and thinking they're a 'good deal', they'd be forced to drop their prices on them and it'd at least be closer? (edited)

130 bones for 500gb. Bloody hell.

matt_vans14/03/2022 14:55

Thought it was the 1TB and got excited.

Exactly the same! I was just about to buy it!

Checking on amazon price tracker and its been £125 since November? Where is the deal?

Great price compared to RRP.

Hot.

Boo

gonna vote heat, due to the cheap price. Like everyone else, can't believe they have made these so expensive. 1tb nearly price of an Xbox Series S.

Thought this was a good price until I saw it's 50% less storage than the 'proper' one!

i’ve ordered corsair x8 1tb for series S. do u guys think it’s big difference in terms of speed?

Shame the 2Tb ones are so expensive too, I went for the 1Tb out of necessity.

Hi, shame it not the 1tb

Damn I got excited thinking it was the 1tb one. At this price cold from me

Almost voted HOT but only because I thought it was the 1TB. I nearly ordered it too but £125 for 512GB is just a rip off.

enog8214/03/2022 14:51

Cheapest deal on this to be fair, so I’ll vote hot, but realistically the 1 …Cheapest deal on this to be fair, so I’ll vote hot, but realistically the 1TB should be this priceRead lessRead more

Couldn’t agree more. These expansion drives, nvme gen4 or not should have been priced that high

Great deal! But an absolute money grab from microsoft and seagate! 👊💪

matt_vans14/03/2022 14:55

Thought it was the 1TB and got excited.

Nearly jumped out my seat was halfway to amazon depo when realised (edited)

Still expensive

matt_vans14/03/2022 14:55

Thought it was the 1TB and got excited.

hahaha me too!!

This you will only get like 320-380GB max on this card!